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2026 Missouri District 8 House Election

Jason Smith (R)

About this race

This is among the most solidly Republican districts in the nation. Jason Smith, a Republican, has taken $103,604 in donations linked to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group. 2 candidates show no AIPAC-linked donations in available records, including Chris Reichard, a Democrat. The November ballot lists 3 candidates: one Democrat, one Republican and one Libertarian.

Key issues in Missouri

Major issues facing Missouri, based on 2025–2026 reporting. Compare them with what each candidate says they focus on below.

Candidates & funding

Jason Smith Republican Nominee

AIPAC-linked $103,604FundVoter-reported, career 2024–2026 — methodology replication pending
AIPAC PAC and AIPAC-routed contributions, career 2022-2026. Source: FEC filings via FundVoter.
Routed contributions $1Kindividual donors via conduits
A PAC can give at most $10K per cycle directly to a candidate. But when individuals route donations through a PAC acting as conduit, there’s no cap on how many donors can be bundled. That’s where the real money moves — not from the PAC’s treasury, but from individuals the PAC steered to the candidate. How conduits work →
2026 fundraising (FEC)$5,264,183 raised · $3,269,224 spent · $5,012,103 cash on hand through Jul 15, 2026
Focus: Exposing wasteful Washington spending; backing workers, job creators, working-class families

Chris Reichard Democrat Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
2026 fundraising (FEC)$5,674 raised · $3,732 spent · $1,942 cash on hand through Jul 15, 2026
Focus: Working families: workers' rights, veterans' benefits, ending endless wars, cutting dark money

Rebecca Sharpe Lombard Libertarian Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record

Where the money comes from

FEC campaign finance data through Jul 15, 2026. Campaign dollars, by source.

Jason Smith RChris Reichard DRebecca Sharpe Lombard L
Raised$5.3M$6K—
Individuals$1.6M30%$6K98%—
PACs & parties$2.7M52%$0—
Self-funded$0$1092%—
Other$967K18%$0—
AIPAC-linked*$104K——
Outside spending†———

* AIPAC-linked money is already counted in the rows above — it flags the pro-Israel share, not extra money.

† Independent spending on ads for or against a candidate. It never goes to their campaign.

“Individuals” covers both small-dollar (under $200) and large donors.

Who are the biggest donors?

Every donor ranked by how much they gave, from the candidate’s own FEC filings — individuals, PACs, and party committees all in one list. Expand a candidate to see theirs, then tap any name to learn more about the donor.

Why are so many gifts exactly $10,000? That’s the legal maximum a PAC can give one candidate for the whole cycle — $5,000 for the primary plus $5,000 for the general — so many PACs give the max. Individuals can give up to $3,500 per election.

Jason Smith 1662 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$5.3M
Campaign spent$3.3M
Cash on hand$5.0M
FEC 2026 through 07/15/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals30%
PACs / committees52%
Self-funding0%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
ROUTED CONTRIBUTIONS
Total routed through conduits$1K
Share of individual giving0.1%
Individuals gave through these conduits. Conduit is routing layer, not legal donor. General platforms (ActBlue, WinRed) are payment processors, not networks. How conduits work →
  • Individual$17K
  • Corporate PAC$15K
  • Individual$14K
  • Individual$10K
  • Individual$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Trade association PAC$10K
  • Membership PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Membership PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Trade association PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Trade association PAC$10K
  • Trade association PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Trade association PAC$10K
  • Trade association PAC$10K
  • Trade association PAC$10K
  • Membership PAC$10K
  • Trade association PAC$10K
  • Trade association PAC$10K
  • Membership PAC$10K
  • PAC$10K
  • Trade association PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Trade association PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • PAC$10K
  • Membership PAC$10K

Showing the 50 biggest of 1662 donors. The other 1612 gave $3.5M combined.

Plus $282K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.

See Jason Smith’s full FEC filings →

Chris Reichard 4 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$6K
Campaign spent$4K
Cash on hand$2K
FEC 2026 through 07/15/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals98%
PACs / committees0%
Self-funding2%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
  • Individual$1K
  • Individual$110
  • Individual$105
  • Individual$50

Plus $4K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.

See Chris Reichard’s full FEC filings →

These figures come from the candidate’s own itemized FEC reports (2026 cycle, through the coverage date above), with amendments applied and refunds netted. Joint fundraising transfers are left out of the ranking: they’re pass-throughs, and the individual donations behind them are listed above. Bank interest, vendor refunds, and other non-donation receipts are excluded. Donor names are as reported — the same person can appear twice if their name was recorded differently. Independent spending on ads is never included here — see the Outside spending column.

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